The second of three lectures by Anselm Hollo discussing the field of writing, and writers at the turn of the century. He quotes from Lee Harwood, Alice Notley and Alfred Korzybski, and discusses works by Marjorie Perloff, Maurice Blanchot, Carla Harryman, Charles Berstein, Maya Angelou and John Ashberry. The lecture ends with a question and answer session about literary theory. (Part 1 is on 01P009 and Part 3 is on 01P011.)